Beautiful Indo-Nepal Border of Jhulaghat

Jhulaghat is village on the Indo-Nepal border just 36 kms drive from Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. While the part on India side is called 'Jhulaghat' and the part in nepal is called as 'Julaghat'. Jhulaghat is named after Jhula Bridge between both countries; it is still a suspension bridge.

One side of the bridge is Jhulaghat and the other side is Julaghat

The bridge on the river 'Kali'

The Mahakali River flows from East to West along the Indo-Nepal Border creating an international boundary. Kali is natural border between India and Nepal. The guards on both the side are welcoming. At the custom post, you need to show your id cards to enter Nepal and the best part is that you don’t need a visa to enter either the border area of Jhulaghat or Nepal as such.

When I was crossing the bridge, I could clearly see river 'Kali' flowing through the valley. I was in Nepal now, the market was closed due to some festival in Nepal but few shops were open. We ended up buying rabbit toffees, shoes, and quilts, and more.

The market did not looked like to me a ordinary one, it was built on steep mountain along the stairs. Each shop was leveled higher than the other and it seemed like a land from the fairy tales.

The temple on the other side of India

The Shopping Streets of Julaghat (Baitadi District, Nepal)

The Shopping Streets of Julaghat (Baitadi District, Nepal)

Shopping done

The Shopping Streets of Julaghat (Baitadi District, Nepal)

The Old but Magnificent Shops of Julaghat (Baitadi District, Nepal)

We spent almost 2-3 hours exploring the streets of Julaghat (Baitadi district). Now it was the time to eat something as we were bit hungry. We stopped in a shop which was actually a liquor shop but was serving chips packets and maggie too. We ordered 3 to 4 plates of Maggie. The shop owner cooked it on the angithi and believe me it was the best Maggie i had (cooked in the Nepali style).

The small Maggie/liquor shop at Julaghat

We ended our trip with this and came back to Pithoragarh taking back the memories.